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Ah yeah, I also watched Skyfall. Pretty good Bond/Bourne blend, but I don't get what the big deal is.

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I think Skyfall is uniquely good because it's an awesome/fun action movie, but also has some of the best cinematography and use of lighting and color of any movie I've seen. Pretty rare combination, and makes for a good viewing experience.

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Ted
Enjoyed it for the most part.

Wreck-It Ralph
Pure joy. Of the three nominated animated features I've seen, this was definitely the best.

Life of Pi
It's been a long while since I read the book but felt pretty spot on. Great film.

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I can't believe Wreck-It Ralph lost out to Brave.. I can't believe Paranorman lost out to Brave

I liked Brave, but it wasn't Pixar's best foot forward nor was it the best animated film of last year

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I still need to see Paranorman.


Argo
That won best feature film? Really? That? Well...ok. End spoiler.

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
It wasn't so much a movie but a series of events that kept on going. At the 30 minute mark I was loving it and wanted it to go on forever. Toward the middle I kept looking at the clock and couldn't believe I had a whole other half to go. Had to take a break from it. By the end I wanted to it to continue on and on. It's been a long while since I read the book, so a bit hazy on the details, but man does it feel like they added a ton of stuff. There was like one line devoted to Azog and now he's this big bad (a cool looking one at least) and the Gollum/Bilbo interaction was different. I wonder what it would have been like had the LoTR movies not already occurred. Still, that was some great acting from Andy Serkis and the animation team. Overall it was just cool to revisit this world.

http://www.cracked.com/article_20315...re-honest.html

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Dabangg
Quite fun. Couldn't get over how one of the characters looked like an Indian Joaquin Phoenix though.

The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Pretty good. Not bad. Could have been weirder. Be careful which version you watch. The one on Netflix cuts off the ending.

The Hangover Part II
Yeah... Suffers from Die Hard 2 syndrome where the characters remark how similar things are to the last time it happened.

Superman: Unbound
Lois Lane is awesome in this movie. That's about all the good I can say about it.

A History of Violence
Some questionable acting at parts, but enjoyed it overall.

The Intouchables
The definition of a feel good movie.

Iron Man 3
Would be nice to be able to watch a superhero movie without someone ruining the twist/ending for me. Happened right before I was about to watch too. So close. Was an alright movie. Think I had my hopes up too high because of Shane Black...but it was a Shane Black movie...right down to it being Christmas...it's always Christmas.

Dogtooth
Still trying to process this one. Sort of like The Village in that a man and a woman raise three children completely secluded from the outside world. About where the similarity ends. Heard it described as Plato's Allegory of the Cave + child abuse. Pretty accurate.

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I saw Iron Man 3 last weekend. It was good - quite a bit better than the second one, but that's not really saying much.

My one complaint is that Tony Stark sucked as Iron Man in this movie. Not his acting, just his capabilities as a super hero. He spent more time getting knocked out of his suit than fighting in it.

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Haven't updated this thread in a while.

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
The Boondock Saints
The Dictator
Yes Man
Full Metal Jacket
Evil Dead II
Army Of Darkness
I Sell The Dead
Warm Bodies
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Observe and Report
An American Werewolf in London
Man of Steel
Bicentennial Man
Bachelorette
End Of Watch
Rubber
God Bless America
The Mist
Gran Torino
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (American)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
The Greatest Movie Ever Rolled
Silver Linings Playbook
Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki
Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light

Cloud Atlas
Pretty much the only one I want to talk about. And mostly how it compares to the book. Some minor spoilers.

I just finished reading the book after many many months. Would read a couple pages here and a few more there and then put it down for weeks at a time. Really wouldn't call it an enjoyable read. Pretty much only finished it because there was the movie to watch at the end. And there were some pretty interesting visuals described in the book I wanted to see.

I must say, might be one of those rare cases where the movie is better than the book. The book would be enjoyable if you're a writer or an English major perhaps. The author completely changes the writing styles between the different passages which is pretty impressive, though reading the far future story completely in the manner they speak in the movie was a huge pain.

But there is really nothing connecting the stories in the book other than the fact that one of the characters was actually previously reading the chapter you as the reader also just finished. So they share the same frustration you have about having to wait to read the conclusion. And that birthmark...which is on different people than in the movie. I think that was my biggest problem. It was like a collection of short stories with each split down the middle. Once you finally get going and start to enjoy one it's over for quite some time.

The movie ties everything together so much more neatly and is far more entertaining jumping between each bit. The book in comparison splits each up into two. So it starts with the earliest story on the boat and at the halfway point it cuts to the composer and in the middle of that cuts to Luisa's story and so on. And then after the far far future which is the only one that's a whole, it starts going back in time to finish the second half of each ending on the boat story.

The book is almost devoid of the reincarnation aspect (aside for a couple characters having the birthmark) so it was quite cool to track everyone's progression in the film. I really liked that. A much happier ending as well. And felt more like an ending than the book's. The film just made more sense being one piece of work. Eh, maybe if I read the book in one go I would have picked up on more things connecting with each other. Oh yeah, and thought it strange that Tom Hanks was playing a character who in the book was a kid but again makes much more sense with how the movie is set up.

The only downside was the makeup. More miss than hit. And while most of the changes made from the book made it a tighter story, I'm quite sad about the bits left out from the Soonmi story. There were some really cool fabricants in the book which were made for special tasks so they looked far from human. And there was a whole slew of other cool looking stuff I really wanted to see in the film that they apparently left out in favor of more gun play. :(

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[book diversion cuz of Cloud Atlas]

I've had a couple friends recommend Cloud Atlas. Don't know anything about it except your general abstract. Reincarnation? I read a tetrology by Yukio Mishima back in 2004/5. He committed public seppuka after finishing the fourth book as a protest regarding the Japanese political situation. Probably wanted autonomy but I'm not sure. Anyway, I highly recommend it. It delves into reincarnation but not so heavily that the theme becomes overbearing. An amazing author and I can only imagine how much of his syntax and style was lost in translation. [/diversion]

Going Berserk - John Candy flick from the early 80's. It was bad as can be imagined but not a total failure. Some weird mind control elements gave it a unique, retroactive glimpse of the popular concept of mkultra types of hypnosis. Think zoolander or manchurian only no budget and one true hollywood star in the cast. I'd say skip unless you love Candy ass

Knuckleball - 2012 documentary about Tim Wakefield and R.A. Dickey. I'm a big Jays fan because I came into larger consciousness back in 1992,93. Dickey is fun to watch. I saw all three games in Seattle this week and had a great time. I've been practicing my knuckleball since viewing.

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai - Recent Takashi Miike film that is a remake of the Seppuka (1962) film by Kobayashi. Great. Cathartic to the nines. Both films are brilliant examples of a simple premise that utilizes flashback perfectly. So sad, but good.

Everything Must Go - a great Will Ferrel movie that doesn't get typically goofy. In the same vein as Stranger Than Fiction.

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The Number 23 - Nice! I didn't expect much of it, so I was really surprised.

Jiro Dreams of Sushi - documentary about the best sushi maker of Japan (/the world). That guy is 85 and has been making sushi since he was 10. His tiny restaurant has gotten all 3 Michelin stars. It's a fascinating into Japanese culture.

Departures - very impressive and touching movie about a Japanese guy who ends up as some sort of undertaker (he prepares the bodies for the ritual).

Iron Man 3 - entertaining and nice to look at. A bit overhyped, but that might just have been because of IM 2.

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Oblivion - Really enjoyed.
Oz the Great and Powerful - Not bad.
Stake Land - Like a better acted Walking Dead but with vampires instead of zombies. Also a bit like The Road...but with vampires.
The Heat - Average buddy cop movie. Enjoyable for what it is.
Monsters - For a movie called Monsters there sure was a lack of them. Still enjoyed.
Zack and Miri Make a Porno - Eh. Ok. Cute.
Star Trek Into Darkness - Really fun movie. Haven't seen Wrath of Khan so maybe I'd be as bitter as everyone else had I.
Dreamcatcher - Starts great and devolves into stupidity. I did really like the aliens though. Worth watching for Morgan Freeman's crazy eyebrows alone.
Pain & Gain - Michael Bay at his finest. Good stuff.
It's a Disaster - If you want to watch a dark comedy, this gets dark. A couples brunch gets interrupted by the end of the world.
Hollywoodland - Good detective flick. Affleck would make a great Bruce Wayne based on this. Still can't see Batman.
Stoker - From the director of Oldboy. His first American movie. Stars another actor who was considered for Bats. Fantastic looking movie. Almost an art film. Just looks great. The story and acting however....ehhhhhhh. Seen almost everything Park Chan-wook has done. This probably in the bottom two for me.
Big Trouble in Little China - God damn this was a fun movie. How did it take me this long to see?
The Expendables - Found it mindnumblingly boring. :(
The Game - Good goodie good good.
Now You See Me - Wanted to like this based on the premise but man did I hate this movie. Just...gah, stupid. And not a single likeable character either.
Zodiac - Once again Fincher is great.

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I've also watched a few movies recently (I tend to only watch good movies, so not much negatives)

Trollhunter - Norwegian urban fantasy movie. It's basically shot documentary style, where a group of college students follow around a "troll hunter." Really great movie, with surprisingly great special effects.

Ip Man - Chinese movie about Ip Man, the guy who trained Bruce Lee. I'm pretty sure a TON of liberty was taken with revising historical events, and there's a big anti-Japanese slant (American movies do the same thing with Russians,) but it was still super good. Really great choreographed fight scenes, and they didn't go for the close up camera that prevents you from seeing what's going on during action scenes.

Headhunters - Stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, the guy who plays Jaime from Game of Thrones. He was probably the reason we started watching this, but it turned out to be one of the best movies I've seen recently. It's a fast paced thriller, but what I think sets it apart from other movies is the amazing character development.

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Haha, that's awesome:
- I saw Hodejegerne/Headhunter last weekend. I was also pretty surprised. Me and my friends did have some complaints though... when the dog met his doom, where was the guy? And why did the farmer have to go? And if the guy wanted the job, why did he complicate things by sleeping with the wife?
In the end we came to the conclusion that the bad guy just lost it and went mental... but they movie didn't really show that process.

- I love Trolljegeren/Trollhunter. I think Danny here introduced me to it. But why are you suddenly into Norwegian movies?

- I thought I was watching Ip Man, but it was actually Ip Man 2. Still a good movie.

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I've heard Ip Man 2 is good, I was surprised to learn there was a sequel, it doesn't seem like the kind of movie that would have one. I'll probably watch it after I've let the first one rest.

As for Headhunters, the bad guy was definitely a bit mental - also an egomaniac who thought he could get away with anything. Also, in Roger's speech at the end, he does provoke a very violent response out of Clas, indicating that he wants love, but is incapable of it, which would explain the affair. I think he also derived a sadistic pleasure from destroying Roger in every way possible.

Not sure about the farmer, I think he was just in the way, and he killed him because he could. I was wondering about the dog too - not sure what took so long for Clas to catch up to him after the dog started barking.

I've actually just been on a foreign film kick, and two of them happened to be Norwegian . :) I do like your language, though, and the country has some beautiful landscapes. I kind of feel at home among all the pale people, too. ;)

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My language? :p I'm not Norwegian but Dutch. I just happen to like Norway.

If you want to see some good Dutch movies, go for Zwartboek (WW2) and De Zee Die Denkt (The Sea That Thinks, if you can find it... very weird movie).
Sadly Dutch acting is usually so bad that I can't think of (m)any others.

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In addition to writing down every movie I see, I now date them for better recall.

This Is The End

Robocop

World War Z

The Hangover Part III

Pacific Rim

The Matador

Cronos

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - The robbery in this movie takes place in the shopping center I used to visit often. Usually NYC locations in movies are well known landmarks but actually seeing a little place where I spent a lot a time when I was younger was surreal. The movie says it's somewhere other than where it actually is however.

The Way Way Back - Great coming of age movie.

Monsters University

Ice Age Continental Drift

ParaNorman

Death To Smoochy

A Film with Me in It

Death Becomes Her

Despicable Me 2

The World's End (11/07/13)

Kick-Ass 2 (11/08/13)

The Wolverine (11/09/13)

Drug War (11/10/13)

Headhunters (11/16/13)

Prisoners (11/24/13)

Elysium (11/25/13)

Fight Club (11/27/13) - Rare occasion where I rewatched a movie I already saw. Think I enjoyed it more this time.

The Return of the Living Dead (11/28/13)

Tatsumi (11/29/13)

The Thing (12/03/13)

An Adventure in Space and Time (12/05/13) - A period piece about the creation of Doctor Who. I highly recommend if like DW on any level. Stars David Bradley (Filch from HP, Walder Frey from GoT) as the first Doctor. Kind of Mad Men-ish.

RED 2 (12/06/13)

Gravity (12/11/13)

Source Code (12/12/13)

Leon The Professional (12/13/13)

Arthur Christmas (12/14/13)

The Bank Job (12/15/13)

Don Jon (12/17/13)

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (12/17/13)

Man of Tai Chi (12/18/13)

Moneyball (12/19/13)

Heat (12/20/13)

The Raid: Redemption (12/21/13)

The Croods (12/21/13)

UnHung Hero (12/23/13)

Troy (12/24/13)

The Secret World of Arrietty (12/25/13)

Sex Drive (12/25/13)

Riddick (12/30/13)

Fruitvale Station (12/31/13)

About Time (1/04/13)

American Hustle (1/08/13)

Take Shelter (1/10/13)

The Dirties (1/09/13)

Mr. Nobody (1/11/13) - I highly recommend this movie. It's like Cloud Atlas meets Sliding Doors meets The Fountain meets Benjamin Button meets About Time meets The Butterfly Effect meets The Fall. Even if you find it confusing, it's still a visual treat. Watch the extended version.

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Gattaca (great)

The Fast & The Furious (cars... right, I guess they can be nice)

F&F Tokyo Drift (mwoah it's ok)

Monsters University (yay!)

Invictus (2 days before Mandela died...)

World War Z (meh)

The Impossible (really impressive)

El Aura (fun but I don't see where all the theorizing comes from)

And I'm pulling in Mr. Nobody at the moment, thanks. :)

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The Art of the Steal

High Road to China - (Selleck, Bess) cool classic. Lots of memorable lines.

Defiance (2008) - Had a good story to draw from. What's her name from Lawless is cuuuuute.

Bad Lieutenant - Herzog makes it a great romp through post Katrina NO. Great ending. I thought Cage did a good job..

Everything Must Go - I liked it the second time through. Similar subdued Ferrell.

42 - had to watch this again. In grade 6 we read a great book about a Chinese immigrant family and the daughter who gets hooked on baseball, living in Brooklyn. Jackie Robinson's first year. Sammy and Marc went on the homerun race that season as well. Serbia was bombed.

Beyond Outrage - I love Beat Takano. His yakuza films fill a void every now and then.

Princess Mononoke - I forgot how good this is. One of my first full length animations as a younger lad. Wow. Really makes me anxious to see The Wind Rises.

Sabata - The trilogy starring Lee Van Cliff. (Angel Eyes off of Good, Bad, & Ugly) This is spaghetti but good. Has a similar template between films 1 & 2. Haven't seen Adios Sabata yet.

The Legend of 1900 - A rather large metaphor.

The Perfect Host (2010) - Niles off of Frasier plays a great host. I had to watch it twice.

Welcome to the Jungle - different film for JCVD. Goofy, fun.

Zelary - Great German movie about WWII.

Dallas Buyer's Club - Better than I thought it would be.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - fun fun. Can't wait for Zoolander 2

Kelly's Heroes - Dirty dozen style caper

25th Hour - Carbon, vintage Edward Norton circa early 2000's. Quite enjoyed. Reminded me I have a bunch of Philip Seymour Hoffman movies yet to see.

Owning Mahowny - Philip S Hoffman is addicted to gambling. Based on true story of a gambling man from Toronto set in early 1980's.

The Savages (2007) - Hoffman in this great film about death and family.

The Hunt - Good German movie about group think and dealing with false accusations.

Death and the Maiden 1994 - Richard Dreyfus and Weaver in a "single location" style film. I've seen Sexy Beast a couple times now and love the restriction that the single location offers. Focus on character and relation charging.

Crystal Fairy - Wasn't that good. A redemption premise where protagonist turns a leaf and becomes a better person. The asshole was painted on pretty thick though and it made the whole casts' journey into a letdown. Miscast and aimed at a specific audience...(younger?)

The Hill - Sean Connery all hunked in the 60's. Drill Sergeant movie.

Johnny Dangerously - Goofy fun. Recommend for Michael Keaton fans etc

Gung Ho Working Class Man- Keaton again, in a sub genre defined by period. Late 80's early 90's western lense into Japanese culture. Another film similar to this but later in the 90's is titled "Shower". From 1998 I believe.

Big Bad Wolves - I had muted high hopes for this. Tarantino recommended it best film from 2013 so.... Its saying stuff about Israel and what it is to exist rationally/irrationally and how family behaves. Power relations. ugghhh pretty tough premise to like.

My Cousin Vinny - What's her name from Boyle's The Wrestler.... she's hottt as a car expert. Dyammmn

Funny Farm (1988) - Chevy Chase, one that I'd skip...

The Bridge on the River Kwai - It had been 10 years or so since I last saw it. Fricken superb movie. I get reminded of the Royal Cdn Air Farce skit with the explosive dentures.

From Russia with Love - I never saw it through before now. Great Bond film.

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Despite working in a movie theatre, I never seem to be able to watch any movies. Alas, children.

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List update time.

Her (1/15/13)
Behind the Candelabra (1/15/13)
The Wolf of Wall Street (1/16/14)
In a World... (1/17/14)
Dallas Buyers Club (1/17/14)
Mud (1/18/14)
Captain Phillips (1/19/14)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (1/20/14)
Frozen (1/20/14)
Filth (1/21/14)
12 Years a Slave (1/22/14)
Les Misérables (only an hour (1/23/14)
Very Bad Things (1/24/14)
The Theif & The Cobbler (watched half) (1/25/14)
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 (half watched) (1/26/14)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1/27/14)
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (1/28/14)
Meet Joe Black (1/29/14)
Easy A (2/01/14)
Thor: The Dark World (2/02/14)
Nebraska (2/08/14)
Choke (2/23/14)
Philomena (2/28/14)
Last Action Hero (3/09/14)
Reign of Fire (3/15/14)
Of Mice and Men (3/15/14)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (3/21/14)
Bound (3/22/14)
Snowpiercer (3/26/14)
Son of Batman (4/19/14)
Generation Iron (5/01/14)
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (5/09/14)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (5/17/14)
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (5/19/14)
Jack Reacher (5/24/14)
The Long Goodbye (5/24/14)
Mission: Impossible (5/24/14)
Chinatown (5/26/14)
Mission: Impossible II (5/26/14)
Mission: Impossible III (5/27/14)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (5/27/14)
The Lego Movie (5/29/14)
Glengarry Glen Ross (6/05/14)
Cheap Thrills (6/07/14)
John Carter (6/07/14)
No Such Thing (6/14/14)
L.A. Confidential (6/21/14)
The Rock (6/21/14)
The Raid 2 (6/23/14)
Delicatessen (6/25/15)
Tim's Vermeer (6/25/15)
The Breakfast Club (6/27/14)
Bad Words (7/03/14)

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Expendables 3 - Not bad for a modern action movie. Not bad for another sequel. No Chuck though :/

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Lucy. Not a great movie but not a bad movie. It's basically just like others have said in reviews, it is Limitless but with a bigger budget.

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Lethal Weapon 1 2 & 3. Good to revisit the good. Gonna see the 4th soon. Always Sunny in Philly inspired the rewatch.

Expendables 3 - never did see the first Expendables. This was as tolerably bad as the 2nd. meh

Non-Stop - I really disliked this Neeson go-around. Some ugly plot holes/explanations.

The Hobbit:dosmaug - I actually liked it cuz it took forever and after a thousand let-down opinions my expectations couldn't have been much lower. It kept me entertained through and I felt that it was an overall better flick than the first.

Stakeout (1987) and Another Stakeout ('93)- Any Richard dreyfuss fans here? I have only recently seen some of his movies and they've been great fun. The first Stakeout has to be one of hte funniest buddy cop movies ever. The sequal suffers from a lack of imagination and from the rather large addition of Rosie O'donnel.

The Burbs (1989) - I was expecting a funnier film. It had the goof feel down but didn't deliver imo.

Blended (2014) - Generic Sandler. Romedy formula is merciless but at least there was a few laughs from the supporting cast.

**The Grand Budapest Hotel - - This film took me off guard on my first viewing. It's powerful in a very subtle way,... I believe it serves as a comparison between prewar europe and current decades, and it talks about the intangibles in modern life, whether lived in the 30's or now. It's classic Wes Anderson but with a new maturity at felt abrasive at first but after revisiting it felt more refined and 'built' than any of his films. It shows the best of our culture, and its subjective worst, and how war has a way of tearing it all away regardless of what 'we' may want. It's been a few months but I can't wait to see it again with an eager audience.

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My biggest reason to look forward to The Hobbit 3 is so I can write another very critical review for IMDb.
My review for part 2 is still the top-rated user review on IMDb, with a "965 out of 1323 people found the following review useful."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1170358/reviews?ref_=tt_urv

*slightly proud*

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Well the third Hobbit wasn't anything to write poems about.


Me Earl and the Dying Girl - This was about as sad as the title sounds. It was also a good movie. I think it won Sundance. .

Mad Max Fury Road - George Miller went all out and made a trilogy 'begins' that got the extended chase scene out of the way..

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I saw Ant-Man recently. My wife and I enjoyed it particularly because we don't get to go to movies just us much anymore since the kids, but the movie itself was good, too. My wife thought it would be stupid, but she said she really enjoyed it.

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Trainwreck - It was funny. Lebron was good. I like Bill Hader in a lead role. Amy Schumer was good. I felt the movie didn't resolve itself appropriately, but the tone of the film was consistent.

Spy - The movie falls flat. McCarthy is funny but there was nothing original here.


Hot Tub Time Machine 2 - It got awful reviews. I liked it enough, I mean it's kinda dark but there's a lot of laughs still and if they make a third I'll probably go see it in theatre.

Gone Girl - ay ay ay Overrated.

Playing It Cool - RomCom ugggghh not the worst of the lot.

The Gambler - Dorky take on the troubled gamblin addict. Not outright awful.

Chappie - Good nuff. Dystopic themes are fun.

Run All Night - Bette than that other film about killing a mobster's son....can't remember what it is help!

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I've seen Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker three times (so far). I really really enjoyed The Last Jedi. I think TRoS is okay. I've posted some word vomit around the internet today regarding my deeper thoughts and I don't want to copy/paste or retype, but it you search for Link1130 on TheForce.net boards you can find my stuff.

I also saw Uncut Gems. This film is basically Stress the Movie. Never been a fan of Adam Sandler comedy, but have typically enjoyed his more dramatic efforts. No exception here. He is great, the rest of the cast is great. Good times. Will probably never watch again, though. I had anxiety the whole time.

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This is probably the longest I've gone without stepping inside a movie theatre since, like, 2004 y'all.

Watched Trolls 2 with the kids on the day it came out. I've got a family of 4, so the $20 rent tag was probably less than I was going to spend taking us all to the theatre to see it. I actually really liked the first Trolls movie. I thought the second was alright.

Recently rewatched The Princess Bride. My wife had mentioned that even though everybody gushes on it she only considers it "okay" but then she also admitted she hadn't sat down and really watched it; just seen parts. So we sat down and watched it (me convinced she was going to come out of it thinking it was really good), but of course at the end she said it was still only "okay".

I also got The Skywalker Saga 27 disc box set from Best Buy, so watched each of those over about a week and a half (movie a day). It was nice.

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I watch very few movies. Here's everything from this year so far:

Joker (1/21/20)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (1/24/20)
Jojo Rabbit (2/8/20)
Knives Out (2/14/20)
Extra Ordinary (3/26/20)
Vivarium (4/18/20)
The Lighthouse (4/19/20)
The Gentlemen (4/25/20)
Uncut Gems (5/8/20)
The Red Shoes (5/22/20)

The only one I didn't care for was Joker.

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I wish I could keep track, I watch way too many movies, I think.

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You may look at Letterboxed. It has a lot of review feature and you can make lists and stuff, but I primarily use it as a way to log what movies I've seen. You can find me under (predictably) Ginkasa.

Recently watched Palm Springs. I thought it was fun. Its on Hulu.

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I have Letterboxd, but too lazy to update haha

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I've only got 1 bar of 4G cell signal as my internet option. I've used xplornet in the past and it really is the most terrible thing. I'm on the waiting list for Starlink.

Because of my internet woes I've watched a lot of the movies the last two years.

@Ginkasa
The Princess Bride is a classic. It has a lot of depth, and commentary on the world.

Uncut Gems was a hard watch but also one of the best movies of late.
After rewatching Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, I now think it's Tarantino's best film. A more mature piece of work.

Bad Santa with Mel Gibson is a good Christmas flick. There's a subtle reference to Scrooged.

On the Rocks - I had high hopes for this movie since I consider Lost in Translation to be one of my all time favourites. Sophia Coppola has my respect for that. On the Rocks was meh. Decent but forgettable.

The Lighthouse - What a good art house film. Definitely a movie to rewatch at some point.

Knives Out was excellent.

The Trip to Greece - I'm a fan of all four in the series. Trip to Spain being my favourite.

Honest Thief - Good Neelson fun.

Black Bear - Aubrey whats her name from Parks & Rec. Good movie. Didn't know where it was going at first.

The Way Back - A good AA movie about redemption.

Tenet - Thought it was crap. Same wild mechanisms as Inception. Similar vibe to the TV series The Night Manager, which I preferred more.

Lupin III The First (2019) First CGI Lupin movie. I like Lupin III so the formula is there and it works for me.

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For more recent movies, I highly recommend Bad Times at the El Royale (2018).

Looking forward to the next season of Peaky Blinders, Cobra Kai, Always Sunny in Philly

And the new Grand Tour special that recently came out. Classic Clarkson

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Watched Soul with the kids. Really good stuff; probably one of the best Pixar movies.

Need to sit down and watch Wonder Woman 1984. Heard some iffy reviews, but still interested in watching it. Maybe tonight.

I also watched the recently released re-edit of The Godfather Part III: The Godfather Coda The Death of Michael Corleone. I really, really enjoy the first two movies (one of my favorite movie experiences was seeing both of them in theatres in the Coppola Restoration release ~10 years ago). I had not actually ever watched Part III due to all the bad reviews, but the re-edit got me curious after I saw some positive reactions. Definitely the least good Godfather movie. It had its moments for sure, but at times it felt almost like a TV reunion special. I dunno, I probably wouldn't really recommend except to mark it off a completion list.

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You may not know this about me but I worked at a movie theatre for 10.5 years which meant I got to see any movie I wanted to for free and even got paid to watch movies sometimes. This meant I saw just about everything. Even the stuff I didn't sit down and watch it in their entirety I still was heavily exposed to just by working. When I had kids it became harder, but my theatre had a daycare center on site so when they got just old enough we returned to basically seeing movies weekly even after I left the theatre and I *gasp* had to pay.

Anyway, COVID put a stop to that obviously. We saw Onward like the week before things shut down and it was over a year before we got back (the longest I'd been away from a movie theatre for at least 15 years, perhaps ever). By the time we could get out the kids were too old for the daycare, but having been forced out of the habit of visiting the theatre regularly we never really picked up the habit again. Mainly other things had come in and filled that time. Long story short is I don't see half as many movies as I used to.

Anyway, that was me just thinking about old times. We'll still pop a movie on at home, but if we go to the theatre its usually something the kids want to see. They're old enough now that probably I could take them to most things and it'd probably be fine as far as content, but that doesn't mean they'd enjoy it (although they'd behave fine).

We actually have been to the theatre quite a few times in the past month. Had some time off and multiple movies that everyone wanted to see.

Godzilla: Minus One I thought was pretty great. I definitely enjoy Godzilla more as a destructive force of nature and a nigh insurmountable challenge for humanity than, like, a champion for humanity. I think comparing this to Shin Godzilla and the US 2014 Godzilla, this definitely comes out on top. (the kids tolerated it for me, lol; I think they just had fun getting out and it was my birthday so they liked doing that for me I think).

Wish was okay. We actually would have preferred to see the new Trolls movie first, but the timing worked out better for Wish. It was fine. I did really enjoy the animation style (even if the character design felt kind of generic). I get Disney was trying to pay service to their 100 year history, but it ended up just kind of feeling like Generic Disney Movie than anything particularly notable.

We did get around to Trolls a few days later. We enjoyed it more. They aren't high art movies or anything, but they are very FUN. Very colorful and upbeat and silly in the right ways. I liked this third one better than the second one, personally, but I still think the first one is the best.

I was a little nervous about Wonka, but the kids really wanted to see it. Gene Wilder's Wonka was an eccentric fellow, but I think people overstate just how weird he really was. Depp's Wonka went too far in the direction of insane. I was concerned this new version would be like that. The trailers seemed to emphasize the wrong parts of Chalamet's performance. But I thought this new one ended up being a pretty alright film. I don't think it, like, redefine's Wonka moving forward or anything. But it was a decent enough watch.